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Revive this bricked (?) Wizard!

I'm trying to fix my friend's MDA right now. The problem is, it's stuck on T-Mo splash screen. It can however go to tri-color screen. Can I save this MDA or should I bury it?
Any help would be appreciated

Hi!
At the tri-color screen you should be able to flash it with a new ROM. Just try it, that worked for me after a failed flash.
Cheers
djvw

rockmanneo said:
I'm trying to fix my friend's MDA right now. The problem is, it's stuck on T-Mo splash screen. It can however go to tri-color screen. Can I save this MDA or should I bury it?
Any help would be appreciated
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I just had the same problem myself, talk about ****ting my pants.
I have a Dutch rom in my Vario and I cid unlocked it and tried installing
a US rom but the phone was dead after it.
In the tri-color screen I tried to load the new 2.26 US rom and then the latest UK rom but both failed with invalid Vendor id or something like that.
So I downloaded the NL rom from here and thnk god it loaded without a problem and the Vario is working again.
Sadly in Dutch but at least it works again, can anyone from Holland help me upgrade to the latest US rom ?.
Dave...
Dave...

Encountered some problem..
It would not connect to ActiveSync from tri-color screen. There is a 'USB' at the bottom screen when I plug in the USB cable, but I don't think the PC recognizes the device.
And the thing is my friend has never CID unlock the thing
He said he just took it overseas and never turned it off, when he got back here the phone went like this.
More help please

rockmanneo said:
Encountered some problem..
It would not connect to ActiveSync from tri-color screen. There is a 'USB' at the bottom screen when I plug in the USB cable, but I don't think the PC recognizes the device.
And the thing is my friend has never CID unlock the thing
He said he just took it overseas and never turned it off, when he got back here the phone went like this.
More help please
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PC doesn't need to recgonize the device via activesync to flash the Rom.

Try and find your original rom.
Put the phone in the bootloader (canaryscreen aka tri-colored screen).
plug-in your usb plug.
And start the rom update utility.
Regardless of your activesync status it should start updating your mda.
This takes about 10 minutes, and will pause at some stage, don't be alarmed and don't pull the plug !!!
Good luck

the-equinoxe said:
Try and find your original rom.
Put the phone in the bootloader (canaryscreen aka tri-colored screen).
plug-in your usb plug.
And start the rom update utility.
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Can I update using the latest ROM (2.26)? Why does it have to be original rom?
Regardless of your activesync status it should start updating your mda.
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Even tho PC cannot detect the phone at all, rom update util still can go thru?
I will try again tonight, last night I tried, 2.26 rom update utility cannot detect the mda
Good luck
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Thanks :wink:

rockmanneo said:
Can I update using the latest ROM (2.26)? Why does it have to be original rom?
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It's recomended to go back to the original rom, so you can go back to the point before the problems began..
Even tho PC cannot detect the phone at all, rom update util still can go thru?
I will try again tonight, last night I tried, 2.26 rom update utility cannot detect the mda
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In canary-screen mode the phone will have an active usb connection, ActiveSync won't detect it however, because the ActiveSync software on the phone is only started when windows-mobile is running (which doesn't occur in boot-loader).
The Rom Upgrade Utility, should be able to detect the phone.
But always make shure the battery has been charged (at least half-charged).
Several people on this forum have revived their semi-bricked phone this way.
Thanks :wink:
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You're welcome

Big Time Panic!!! Help please!!

I am not sure what I have done. I have a cingular 8125 G4. Downloaded the Risidioro g4 rom upgrade and my phone was not probably CID unlocked. Thought that did not matter cause I was able to install Mr Clean ROM couple of months back. I read some users in the forum who successfully upgraded from Mr Clean.
Everything went nice and smooth, the upgrade completed 100% and when it finished and rebooted it stopped at the blue, red screen and got stuck there. I did soft reset, hard reset but every time that blue, red screen comes up and gets stuck.
Has my phone become a "nice but dead piece of furniture" ? Oh! man..that would devastating!
Please help!
BigMonty

All right, no response yet but it is only a hour since I posted but for me it seems eternity already. I did something further reading and got some hope. My phone might not be dead yet. Somebody said, if I can get to the bootloader mode, I still have some hope.
I did some trick on hard resetting found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=268836&highlight=dead
but to no avail.
Any other idea?? Cry!! Cry!! Cry!!!

Got another guy who successfully got out of the jail by having a SD image. Do you think it would work for me too? If it works where can I find it? I already e-mailed the guy, seems like a nice guy, let's see if he replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=274471&highlight=dead

Do you see a USB connection if you connect it to Active sync, normally it is showing in the lower left or right corner, I'm not sure.
If so, you should be able to re-flash again, best would be to do this with your previous installed ROM.

Btw,
Spl 2.25.0001
Ipl 2.25.0001
Can somebody suggest what would be most suitable ROM to go for once I am in the bootloader screen?

Vilem said:
Do you see a USB connection if you connect it to Active sync, normally it is showing in the lower left or right corner, I'm not sure.
If so, you should be able to re-flash again, best would be to do this with your previous installed ROM.
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Thanks a lot Vilem for your reply. Yes I see a USB connection..but I guess we can't get to activesync because the OS did not load yet. I had the Mr Clean ROM installed and I tried to go for it but failed. What should I do now? Go for the original shipped Cingular ROM?Anybody knows which version it was and where can I find it?

bigmonty said:
I see a USB connection..
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Means connected, try it. Mine crashed a couple of times like that and managed to get it going again.

You mean I should run the Mr Clean update utility which is the last successful ROM update or the orginial Cingular shipped ROM?

bigmonty said:
You mean I should run the Mr Clean update utility which is the last successful ROM update or the orginial Cingular shipped ROM?
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try the last succesful.

bigmonty said:
All right, no response yet but it is only a hour since I posted but for me it seems eternity already. I did something further reading and got some hope. My phone might not be dead yet. Somebody said, if I can get to the bootloader mode, I still have some hope.
I did some trick on hard resetting found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=268836&highlight=dead
but to no avail.
Any other idea?? Cry!! Cry!! Cry!!!
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Bigmonty - after getting into allsorts of issues after trying to upgrade my G4 to various 3.2 based ROMS, i also got to the bootloader screen with the USB indicator in the righthand corner.
This worked for me - take the battery out for an hour or so, put back in and soft reset. make sure you have a good charge. reboot the PC and plug in the device.
Now the only ROM i can recover a working device from isto use the latest ROM from the phone supplier. in my case from the club i-mate site (my device is SIM unlocked).
hope it helps

Thanks AirWol. I was able to go back to Mr Clean successfully, which was a great relief. What I was doing wrong was, I was using the wrong update utility of Mr Clean. I should have used the one which was modified according to Risidioro guide for use in g4 chips. But I was using the original Mr Clean instead.
BTW, anybody knows whether it is possible to update g4 phones to the latest Risidioro or Cingular 2.26 ROMS? That is, can I modify according to Rididioro guide for use in g4? Anybody?
Probably I haven't learned enough lessons yet!

Slowww wizard unable to sync

Hi guys, i've been around sometime in the "qtek" world and had owned some of them in the past, now i own a wizard and i expect to begin mastering the thingie..
The problem is that after some experiments i have this problem :
I think it is not bricked.. it boots the OS but it is so sloowww with stops everywhere, takes like 4times the time to open "settings" than before. and it does not turn the charge light on and is not recognized by usb port so it does not sync and i'm unable to re flash it..
What i did was to downgrade it with CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE
and then i stick the AKU3.2-1.0RC1
It has been cid unlocked by me yesterday and was working fine with another rom..
I was thinking of entering bootloader manually and then somehow flash it..
Please Help
thanks !

i'm glad i solved the problem.. just entered manually in bootloader then flashed a original qtek rom and it fine now
thanks anyway, hope this help other people in this very situation
bye
cheers from portugal

W4R_M4ST3R said:
Hi guys, i've been around sometime in the "qtek" world and had owned some of them in the past, now i own a wizard and i expect to begin mastering the thingie..
The problem is that after some experiments i have this problem :
I think it is not bricked.. it boots the OS but it is so sloowww with stops everywhere, takes like 4times the time to open "settings" than before. and it does not turn the charge light on and is not recognized by usb port so it does not sync and i'm unable to re flash it..
What i did was to downgrade it with CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE
and then i stick the AKU3.2-1.0RC1
It has been cid unlocked by me yesterday and was working fine with another rom..
I was thinking of entering bootloader manually and then somehow flash it..
Please Help
thanks !
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You can't go from 1 to 3. Re-flashing a stock ROM was a good move.
--M

Hi W4R_M4ST3R!!!
I think i have exactly the same problem as you had!
I have installed new ROM, and my T-mobile MDA Vario working veeeery slow, and i could not connect it to my computer!!!!!!
Tell me please (in details) what did you do with your phone.
Thanks!

zorrozorro said:
Hi W4R_M4ST3R!!!
I think i have exactly the same problem as you had!
I have installed new ROM, and my T-mobile MDA Vario working veeeery slow, and i could not connect it to my computer!!!!!!
Tell me please (in details) what did you do with your phone.
Thanks!
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This topic has been discussed in length all over the forum. But, here we go again. This will be based on you having a G3 device.
1. Make sure that your device is CID unlocked. if not follow the sticky thread at the top of this forum. and read through all of it BEFORE you begin
2. make sure that you have ipl/spl 2.x
3. Now upgrade to any rom you want.

_Nomad_ said:
This topic has been discussed in length all over the forum. But, here we go again. This will be based on you having a G3 device.
1. Make sure that your device is CID unlocked. if not follow the sticky thread at the top of this forum. and read through all of it BEFORE you begin
2. make sure that you have ipl/spl 2.x
3. Now upgrade to any rom you want.
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How can i upgrade my ROM if i could not connect my phone to the computer! The main problem is that i could not syncronise my phone and my PC.

enter bootloader mode... press the two buttons (camera & voice command) while resetting the device. you should get a screen that's red, green and blue. from there you can reflash your device. if that doesn't work, your phone is bricked

_Nomad_ said:
enter bootloader mode... press the two buttons (camera & voice command) while resetting the device. you should get a screen that's red, green and blue. from there you can reflash your device. if that doesn't work, your phone is bricked
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Thank you!!
Could you explane me a bit more precise what does it mean bootloader and reflash? Does it mean that i can syncronise phone and computer when i have RGB on my screen?

When you've got your device in bootloader mode just plug it in and start the upgrading procedure

_Nomad_, thank you!
It works now!!

zorrozorro said:
It works now!!
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Like music to my ears

Help Help Help

Hello folks I desperately need help, Ive just bricked my brand spunky new wizard G4 IPL/SPL 2.21.0001. I tried to do a Rom upgrade from shipped Rom to WM6, xm6 by mfrazz. I went through the process to 99% and then the progress meter changed from blue to red 99%, it stood there for awhile and gave the Error code 302. The screen is now in rainbow colours, it doesn’t do nothing. I need help please.

Did you CID unlock ur phone first? ... flash it back to the cingular ship rom. www.htcamerica.net

Madcap180 said:
Did you CID unlock ur phone first? ... flash it back to the cingular ship rom. www.htcamerica.net
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Thanks for the advise, No I did not CID unlock it, I read some where in the post it’s wasn’t necessery to CID unlock G4 wizard, unless I was day dreaming! I need detail help pls, the wizard is not responding to a any treatment from it current state. It’s in the rainbow coma if I may call it, if I take out the battery it obviously goes off completely. If I put the battery back in the rainbow colours comes back on and it doesn't do anything. In This circumstance, how am I supposed to flash it back to cingular ship rom, please explain? Many thanks

All you need to do is download the official T-Mobile ROM from their site and re-flash it. The fact that you are in the "rainbow" screen is a good thing because that's the bootloader and where you need to be to flash. After that, you may need to go through all the postings about flashing a G4 again a time or 2 because if you had read them you would have already known how to fix this problem.

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLOM!!!! ok can some one please tell me what i need to do to fix this problom im at the rainbow screen and i am just stuck! is there anyway to just get my phone back to normal?????????

First, connect your phone to your PC. Don't use an USB hub, plug it directly into the PC!
Then, start the phone. When it is in "rainbow" mode, just execute the flash utility (the original provider ROM) on your PC to begin the flash process..
This should work!

TheMusicMaster said:
First, connect your phone to your PC. Don't use an USB hub, plug it directly into the PC!
Then, start the phone. When it is in "rainbow" mode, just execute the flash utility (the original provider ROM) on your PC to begin the flash process..
This should work!
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I can confirm that this methods almost always work as i had an experience like this last night.

Doomer D. Great said:
I can confirm that this methods almost always work as i had an experience like this last night.
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what can be done when this doesn't work? i have a message posted with details of my issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313817

Flashing with bootloader

I start up my boot loader(the tricolored screen) then i connect my usb(says usb connected on bottom left) then i run my RUU. Every time i do this it either says error or invalid tool. Does anyone know what the problem here is or can anyone help me figure out why i can't flash???? I am currently trying to flash a p4300/wizard 8125 and is unlocked.

You need the RUU_noID to flash another ROM. Try and flash the Wizard_Love ROM and see if it boots up

i flashed it with wizard_love rom but it loads really....reallly.....really..... slow so slow i cant really do anything with it and the screen has these lines running horizontally. what do i do now?

BootLoader came up but can not flash
Hello all experts. Sorry, i didn't mean to hi-jack this thread, but it seems i have similiar problem with this. I can get my Tmobile MDA into boot loader (tri-color) when i plug in the the PC the USB appeared on the lower left conner of the MDA. but i can not do anything beyond that. I tried to flash to original shipped ROM from Tmobile, but it won't recognize the the phone, i tried love ROM, same thing......i've read many threads and tried many diffirent methods from other poeple, but still not get the phone recognize the phone. Any help would be appreciated
BTW. the boot loader says
SPL 308
IPL 308

I used bottom row to solve this problem

nskhan said:
I used bottom row to solve this problem
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Please explain what 'I used bottom row to solve this problem.' What is or where is 'bottom row?'
Thank you.

Tonis said:
Please explain what 'I used bottom row to solve this problem.' What is or where is 'bottom row?'
Thank you.
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Its not 'bottom row' but "Button's Rom 1.05" and you can find it in 'Definitive unlocking guide' by Dr.Putts in the 'Wizard Upgrading Forum'. or from this link :-
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Wizard Windows Mobile 6 for newbies
Cheers!